粉墨登场 (粉墨登場)
fěn mò dēng chǎng
Pinyin
Definition
粉墨登场 (粉墨登場)
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- to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to follow each other's accounts (on Weibo etc)
- 1 ink marks
- 2 original calligraphy or painting of famous person
- 1 to go on stage
- 2 fig. to appear on the scene
- 3 used in advertising to mean new product
- 1 to register
- 2 to log in
- 1 to land
- 2 to come ashore
- 3 to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
- 4 to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[dēng lù])
Idioms (19)
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
墨守成规
- 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
从善如登,从恶如崩
- 1 doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
捷足先登
- 1 the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)
- 2 the early bird catches the worm
- 3 first come, first served
挥毫洒墨
- 1 to wield a writing brush (idiom)